Characters

A detailed Summary of Characters

Quentin Compson - The oldest of the Compson children, a sensitive and intelligent boy preoccupied with his love for his sister and his notion of the family's honor. After Caddy's marriage, Quentin commits suicide by drowning toward the end of his first year at Harvard.

Benjy Compson - Born Maury Compson, his name was changed to Benjamin in 1900, when it was discovered that he was severely retarded. A moaning, speechless idiot, Benjy is deeply attached to his sister Caddy, who is a mother-figure for him. When it was thought that he attempted to rape a young girl, Benjy was castrated in 1910.

Jason Compson IV - Quentin, Caddy, and Benjy's mean-spirited, petty younger brother. Promised a job by Herbert Head in a bank, Jason ends up working in a Jefferson farm-supply store after his sister's divorce from Head in 1911.

Caddy Compson - Actually named "Candace"; Mr. Compson and Mrs. Compson's only girl. Very close to her brother Quentin, Caddy becomes a promiscuous adolescent, and becomes pregnant unintentionally. She marries and is divorced by Herbert Head. Forced to leave her daughter (Miss Quentin) to be raised by her family, Caddy is sent away from the Compson home, where she continues to send money for her daughter--

Deacon - A Negro man in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to whom Quentin gives his suicide notes to various friends and family members.

Roskus - Dilsey's husband, the Compsons' servant. Roskus suffers from severe rheumatism, which eventually kills him.

Luster - A young Negro boy, probably Dilsey's grandson, who looks after Benjy in 1928.

Uncle Maury Bascomb - Mrs. Compson's brother, who lives off his sister's husband's money.

Caddy is expelled from the Compson family, but Mr. and Mrs. Compson take in her daughter, whom Caddy names Quentin, after her brother. Miss Quentin is raised largely by Dilsey, the Compsons' Negro cook. When Mr. Compson dies of alcoholism a year or so after Quentin's suicide, Jason becomes the head of the household, and begins to work in the local farm-supply store. He also finds ingenious ways to blackmail his sister; in addition, he steals the money that Caddy sends to support Miss Quentin's upbringing. Miss Quentin grows up into a rebellious, unhappy, and promiscuous girl, continually in conflict with her overbearing and vicious uncle Jason. Eventually, she steals several thousand dollars from him and runs away with a man from a traveling show. He chases after them, but is unable to catch up.

The man with the red tie - The mysterious man with whom Miss Quentin allegedly runs off.

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Approximate Word count = 999
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English

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